sermonize
verb (used without object)
to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
sermonise
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a variation of
sermonize.
Example Sentences
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But speakers are often invited to sermonise at Friday prayers—at which a challenge to their views would be thought inappropriate.
From Economist ● Mar. 26, 2015
"I tried not to read too many of the speeches, I didn't want him to sermonise."
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2010
I have to apologise, on my side, for having taken the privilege of old friendship to sermonise your husband a little.
From A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope
Both generals, in the intervals of actual war, sermonise each other, and with much the same spirit that they fight.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 by Various
You used occasionally to sermonise too; I wish you would, in charity, favour me with a sheet full in your own way.
From The Letters of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
